Bash Pocket Reference: Help for Power Users & Sys Admins

by Arnold Robbins

It's simple: you need to know how to work with the bash shell if you want to get to the heart of Mac OS X, Linux, and other Unix systems. Updated for the most recent version of bash, this concise little book puts all of the essential information about bash at your fingertips. You'll quickly find answers to annoying questions that always come up when you're writing shell scripts -- What characters do you need to quote? How do you get variable substitution to do exactly what you want? How do you use arrays? -- and much more.
If you're a user or programmer of any Unix variant, or if you're using bash on Windows, you'll find this pocket reference indispensable. This book covers:
Invoking the Shell
Syntax
Functions
Variables
Arithmetic Expressions
Command History
Programmable Completion
Job Control
Shell Options
Command Execution
Coprocesses
Restricted Shells
Built-in Commands

Genres: Reference, Programming, Technical, Technology, Computer Science, Nonfiction, Computers

Paperback

First published April 27, 2010

Reviews

[Samichtime]

It's a handy book, one of the few cases I prefer the paperback. Seventeen chapters was a little overkill, I feel like three could've gotten the job done. One on creating things, one on modifying things, and one on deleting things. 4.5 stars.


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[mice]

A good reference, but it'd benefit from more examples (for command & param usage)

[Kerszi]

Bardzo dobry podręcznik, po który można często sięgać. Wszystko co trzeba jeszcze dobrze opisane, funkcje wbudowane, warunki. Po tej książce spokojnie możesz programowac w Bashu.

[Cynbel]

Great reference for those bash commands you don't always remember.

[Brett Taylor]

A great reference, but really only a reference. Read "Learning the bash Shell" first :)

[Hugh Rawlinson]

A great reference for the bash shell, I learned lots!

[Searge Boremchuk]

A good book with well-structured and systematic information. Many nuances are explained in a very accessible way.

Probably the best book to start in BASH programming and as a daily reference.